Google will shut down Orkut on September 30. If you're wondering what Orkut is, you're probably not in Rio de Janeiro: Orkut was Google's first attempt at a social network, ignored by everyone but a surprisingly fervent sector of Brazilians. »6/30/14 11:08am 6/30/14 11:08am

Google Buzz stumbled out of the gate with varying degrees of miscues and upsets. Three months later, Google has created a "Head of Social" position, to help navigate the murky waters of the social web. Too late? Yes. Too little? »5/10/10 3:59pm 5/10/10 3:59pm

Over at the Google Blog today they've announced new file transfer capabilities in iGoogle and orkut. That's fun! But what I'm most excited about is their promise of file transfer in Gmail Chat. »3/29/10 4:36pm 3/29/10 4:36pm